Sugarbabes

It had to happen I guess!  Us women have been shedding off our bras and hanging them on lamp posts or railings, or whichever poles that care to hold them in pursuit to be like the boys. Even moved up a gear to drink the boys out of their leagues on the beers and earned ourselves the 'laddette badge' , excelling in the trivial pursuit of pub crawling that would have that Armstrong guy hot footing it back to planet earth before one could even say one damn giant leap (to hell n back)!  Those darn researchers had to come up with a way to slow us down - how you may ask?  I will tell you how dear sistas. Through the same darn mammaries that have babies going googly-eyed if not the men folk!  We are being told to go easy - no in fact where possible quit the alcohol if you want to keep your boobies not only looking sharp, but on you.  Well you heard it here sistas.  Go easy on the booze and up your stakes at keeping the chemo at bay.

breast cancer in Uganda is the third commonest cancer in women coming only next to cancer of the cervix and Kaposi’s sarcoma. Figures were last gathered way back in the 60's when the incidence of breast cancer in Uganda had been observed to have doubled from 11:100,000 in 1961 to 22:100,000 in 1995.

Unfortunately the cases are often seen in late stages thus the outcome of treatment is inevitably unsatisfactory. The present day knowledge of this disease does not have any effective primary prevention. It is thus imperative that efforts should be made to detect the disease in its early stages. Mammography has been found to be useful but it is not applicable as a means of mass screening in Uganda (there are only 2 mammography units in Uganda. Public education towards breast Self Examination (BSE) should be propagated because it is practical and affordable.